Build Your Own Custom PC Case

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The following is an excerpt from the ExtremeTech book “Going Mod” by Russ Caslis. The book contains many handy projects and tips for modding your home computer.

Why bother modding a perfectly good case? Why suffer all the pain and trouble—the hot-glue gun burns, the vapors from smoking plastic? The sparkles and glitter, for gods’ sake? A rare few people will win contests or earn their 15 minutes of fame from their case mod, and even fewer will make a living by modding cases. So why do it? To be unique.

It doesn’t really matter if your case is red or black or silver, or any other color. It doesn’t matter how fast your computer is. It doesn’t matter if it’s small or large. The speed of your CPU doesn’t matter either. What matters is that you like your machine. If it’s ugly it won’t make you happy. People spend plenty of time customizing their virtual desktops. Isn’t the outside of the computer important, too? Continued…